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Monday, October 18, 2010

where the leaves don't change

In our neck of the woods, there isn't much of a "fall" to speak of. It pretty much goes from blazing hot to cold. While we do have a few great, crisp weeks, we do not have the lovely changing of the leaves that I loved to see growing up. I hate that Dodson is missing out on that. We have discussed taking a trip to "the mountains", but that would involve about 10hrs in a car to get to "the mountains" from where we are. So.... I decided to give my son a taste of what fall looks like, right here in our house.

This is all that is needed... a branch, some twine, scissors and a bundle of fake fall leaves.

First, we hung the branch from our kitchen light fixture...this can be done anywhere.

Then D. picked the leaves he wanted on it. We talked about the different colors of fall.

Mommy cut lengths of ribbon and tied the leaf to the branch. I wanted to create the illusion of the leaves falling...

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I am a lucky girl!!! I get to stay home with my sweet little boy and play with glue, glitter, paint, cars, dinosaurs, fire trucks, building blocks and the like! I am a former teacher, with my masters in Early Childhood Education and I can't seem to pull myself away from the classroom. I truly love teaching, and what a better way to do it than right here in my home, with my little man, cozy in our pajamas! Thanks for stopping in and I hope you can find some fun ideas to share with your little ones as well! Now, get cozy, don't dress up for us :)